Wireless-> WPA encryption available now?

[JEDI]

is it still WEP? or has WPA been ratified?

or have the manufacturers been implementing WPA beta and will software upgrade when it's raitified?

which manufacturers have wpa on their cards?

and is it called 802.11i?

thx

 

[JEDI]

bump

 

[Slick5150]

I'm pretty sure WPA was ratified. Many newer routers come with it. My Buffalo 802.11g equipment works very well with it.

 

[JEDI]

so it's not being called 802.11i?

it's still 802.11b or g?

 

[sisooktom]

You can use WPA. I think 802.11i is going to be something slightly different - even stronger. Don't even bother with WEP, it's extremely weak. If you buy components from Linksys, you ran run AES over WPA which is very secure. I'm sure other mfgs have similar setups.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

I use WPA on my Linksys WRT54G... works well and no problems here. Using a D-Link W520 card on my desktop and an IBM T40 Centrino in the network

 

[MercenaryForHire]

My Belkin 54g supports both AES and RADUIS over WPA. And it was FAR. 😀

- M4H

 

[ViRGE]

WPA has been ratified. You can technically use it with any supported B/G equipment, but most B equipment isn't on the supported list, just G equipment.

 

[JEDI]

sigh..so i need to upgrade my router and wireless cards 🙁

do you know if there are any orinoco cards that support WPA? i have the dell treumobile 1150 (orinco clone) and dont want to waste the antennae i got for it.

thx

 

[Kristi2k]

JEDI, check to see if there are any firmware updates for your router and cards. I've seen some cards that have an update to support WPA.